Yet They Have Not Prevailed Against Me

The psalmist describes the constant attack by the enemies yet they were not able to defeat him. He gave glory to God for being the one who saved him from the wicked. As the enemies failed to prevail against him, instead he prevailed against the enemy by standing firm.

He continues to pray to God to make his enemies plots and schemes be unfruitful and fail. Essentially the enemy will be put to shame as they encounter one failure after another. Also others who see the enemies and they will know the blessing is not on the enemies.


Psalm 129
Song of Victory over Zion’s Enemies
Song of Ascents.

1 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,”
Let Israel now say—

2 “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows long.”

4 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.

5 Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,

7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.

8 Neither let those who pass by them say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”